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further notice, the "gross annual value " for the purposes of the Tithe Act, 

 1918, will be at the rate of £118 for each £100 of tithe rentcharge (commuted 

 value), and the compensation for redemption will be seventeen times the 

 " gross annual value " after the deductions therefrom prescribed by the said 

 Act have been made. 



The above figures have been settled on the recommendation of a Depart- 

 mental Committee consisting of Sir Charles Longmore, K.C.B. (Chairman), 

 Sir Henry Rew, K.C.B., and Mr. W. R. Le Fanu. 



English and Welsh Seed Potatoes : Importation into 

 Scotland.— The Ministry issued a notice to the press on 31st December last 

 to the effect that the Board of Agriculture for Scotland have issued an Order 

 under which the importation into that country of any b< seed " potatoes grown 

 in England or Wales is prohibited except under licence granted by that Board. 

 Applications for the necessary licences should be addressed to the Board of 

 Agriculture for Scotland, 29, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh. 



The Eggs (Description on Sale) Order, 1920.- The Food Con- 

 troller has issued an order (No. 2408), dated 30th December, 1920, to the 

 effect that, on and after .the 3rd January, 1921, until further notice, a person 

 shall not sell or offer or expose for sale, whether by wholesale or retail, as 

 fresh eggs or new laid eggs or under any description of which the words 

 fresh " or " new laid " form part, any eggs which have been imported into 

 the United Kingdom, unless the word " imported " or the name of the country 

 of origin also forms part of the description. 



The Egg (Prices) Order, 1919,* as amended, and the Egg (Restriction) 

 Order, 1918. f are revoked as from the 3rd January, 1921, but without prejudice 

 to any proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof. 



Agricultural Training for Ex-Officers.— It has been officially 

 announced that no applications by ex-officers, and men of similar educational 

 ([ualifications, for grants for training in agriculture under the Ministry of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries will be considered if received after 31st March 

 next. 



* See this Journal, December, 1920, p. 890. 

 f See this Journal, March. 1918. p. 1481. 



